Rowan Williams clarified his thinking and showed contrition for his clumsiness, but he declined to apologise and many commentators and public figures are writing that
Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr. Rowan Williams was met with a standing ovation before he addressed the opening of the General Synod of the Church of
Last week, Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams found himself at the center of controversy over a lecture and interview about the relationship between Muslim religious
The Archbishop of Canterbury said today sharia law should be introduced in the UK for Muslims.
Rowan Williams told BBC Radio 4’s World at One the introduction of the controversial system of Islamic justice in the UK was “unavoidable.” Read the interview.
The Archbishop of Canterbury has appealed for a “positive definition” of Europe that identifies the best of its history, faith and culture. According to a
Matthew’s gospel, whence the story comes, identifies the Magi by a plural designation only. And this plurality permits Christian interpretation in art and tradition to reflect the fundamental ambiguity of the text: the masculine Greek plural “magoi” means only that the Magi are plural in number and that one of that number is a man. There might have been three or four or a hundred Magi at Jesus’ birth.
Over the last few years, Dr Rowan Williams has sometimes looked criminally innocent; sometimes merely well-meaning but powerless; very occasionally he has looked as if he is working to an angelically cunning plan. This week has been a good week for the cunning plan interpretation, writes Andrew Brown.
The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams will broadcast his New Year’s message on You Tube and on the BBC later today, following the lead
The Archbishop of Canterbury wields an enormous amount of power …. Whole provinces stand or fall, form or are finished off on the basis of what he says and does not say–and it seems his style of communicating has only intensified the spectacle of Communion-wide focus on his every nod and arched eyebrow.
Feeds are abuzz with reports that the Archbishop of Canterbury dismissed the tale of the gifts of the Magi as being mere legend. “Three wise